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2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase

The 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase began on 15 February with the knockout round play-offs and ended on 29 May 2024 with the final at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, Greece, to decide the champions of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.[1] A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase.[2]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Qualified teams

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The knockout phase involved 24 teams: the 16 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage, and the eight third-placed teams from the Europa League group stage.

Europa Conference League group stage winners and runners-up

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Group Winners
(advance to round of 16
and seeded in draw) 		Runners-up
(advance to KO play-offs
and seeded in draw)
A   Lille   Slovan Bratislava
B   Maccabi Tel Aviv   Gent
C   Viktoria Plzeň   Dinamo Zagreb
D   Club Brugge   Bodø/Glimt
E   Aston Villa   Legia Warsaw
F   Fiorentina   Ferencváros
G   PAOK   Eintracht Frankfurt
H   Fenerbahçe   Ludogorets Razgrad

Europa League group stage third-placed teams

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Group Third-placed teams
(advance to KO play-offs
and unseeded in draw)
A   Olympiacos
B   Ajax
C   Real Betis
D   Sturm Graz
E   Union Saint-Gilloise
F   Maccabi Haifa
G   Servette
H   Molde

Format

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Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, then 30 minutes of extra time were played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.[2]

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the knockout round play-offs, the eight group runners-up were seeded, and the eight Europa League group third-placed teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout round play-offs were unseeded. Again, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

Schedule

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The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Knockout round play-offs 18 December 2023, 14:00 15 February 2024 22 February 2024
Round of 16 23 February 2024, 13:00 7 March 2024 14 March 2024
Quarter-finals 15 March 2024, 14:00 11 April 2024 18 April 2024
Semi-finals 2 May 2024 9 May 2024
Final 29 May 2024 at Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens

Bracket

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Knockout round play-offsRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
  Ajax (a.e.t.)224
  Bodø/Glimt213   Ajax000
  Aston Villa044
  Aston Villa (p)213 (4)
  Sturm Graz415
  Lille123 (3)
  Slovan Bratislava101   Sturm Graz011
  Lille314
  Aston Villa202
  Olympiacos112
  Olympiacos426
  Ferencváros000   Olympiacos (a.e.t.)167
  Maccabi Tel Aviv415
  Olympiacos (p)303 (3)
  Union Saint-Gilloise224
  Fenerbahçe213 (2)
  Eintracht Frankfurt213   Union Saint-Gilloise011
29 May – Athens
  Fenerbahçe303
  Olympiacos (a.e.t.)1
  Servette011
  Fiorentina0
  Ludogorets Razgrad000   Servette000 (1)
  Viktoria Plzeň (p)000 (3)
  Viktoria Plzeň000
  Maccabi Haifa112
  Fiorentina (a.e.t.)022
  Gent011   Maccabi Haifa314
  Fiorentina415
  Fiorentina314
  Molde336
  Club Brugge213
  Legia Warsaw202   Molde202
  Club Brugge134
  Club Brugge123
  Real Betis011
  PAOK000
  Dinamo Zagreb112   Dinamo Zagreb213
  PAOK055

Knockout round play-offs

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The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023, 14:00 CET.[3]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 15 February, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 February 2024.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sturm Graz  5–1  Slovan Bratislava4–11–0
Servette  1–0  Ludogorets Razgrad0–01–0
Union Saint-Gilloise  4–3  Eintracht Frankfurt2–22–1
Real Betis  1–2  Dinamo Zagreb0–11–1
Olympiacos  2–0  Ferencváros1–01–0
Ajax  4–3  Bodø/Glimt2–22–1 (a.e.t.)
Molde  6–2  Legia Warsaw3–23–0
Maccabi Haifa  2–1  Gent1–01–1

Matches

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Sturm Graz  4–1  Slovan Bratislava
 Report
Attendance: 12,817[4]
Slovan Bratislava  0–1  Sturm Graz
Report
Attendance: 19,870[5]

Sturm Graz won 5–1 on aggregate.

Servette  0–0  Ludogorets Razgrad
Report
Attendance: 13,847[6]
Ludogorets Razgrad  0–1  Servette
Report
Attendance: 6,487[7]

Servette won 1–0 on aggregate.

Union Saint-Gilloise  2–2  Eintracht Frankfurt
 Report
Attendance: 9,015[8]
Eintracht Frankfurt  1–2  Union Saint-Gilloise
 Report
Attendance: 57,300[9]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Union Saint-Gilloise won 4–3 on aggregate.

Real Betis  0–1  Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Attendance: 25,091[10]
Dinamo Zagreb  1–1  Real Betis
 Report
Attendance: 18,002[11]

Dinamo Zagreb won 2–1 on aggregate.

Olympiacos  1–0  Ferencváros
 Report
Attendance: 30,300[12]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Ferencváros  0–1  Olympiacos
Report
Attendance: 21,057[13]

Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.

Ajax  2–2  Bodø/Glimt
 Report
Attendance: 52,267[14]
Bodø/Glimt  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 7,885[15]

Ajax won 4–3 on aggregate.

Molde  3–2  Legia Warsaw
 Report
Attendance: 3,996[16]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Legia Warsaw  0–3  Molde
Report
Attendance: 27,459[17]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Molde won 6–2 on aggregate.

Maccabi Haifa  1–0  Gent
 Report
Attendance: 1,274[20]
Gent  1–1  Maccabi Haifa
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Attendance: 60[21][note 4]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Maccabi Haifa won 2–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024, 13:00 CET.[24]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 7 March, and the second legs were played on 14 March 2024.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Servette  0–0 (1–3 p)  Viktoria Plzeň0–00–0 (a.e.t.)
Ajax  0–4  Aston Villa0–00–4
Molde  2–4  Club Brugge2–10–3
Union Saint-Gilloise  1–3  Fenerbahçe0–31–0
Dinamo Zagreb  3–5  PAOK2–01–5
Sturm Graz  1–4  Lille0–31–1
Maccabi Haifa  4–5  Fiorentina3–41–1
Olympiacos  7–5  Maccabi Tel Aviv1–46–1 (a.e.t.)

Matches

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Servette  0–0  Viktoria Plzeň
Report
Attendance: 15,354[25]
Viktoria Plzeň  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Servette
Report
Penalties
 3–1
Attendance: 11,225[26]

0–0 on aggregate; Viktoria Plzeň won 3–1 on penalties.

Ajax  0–0  Aston Villa
Report
Attendance: 52,197[27]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Aston Villa  4–0  Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 37,916[28]

Aston Villa won 4–0 on aggregate.

Molde  2–1  Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 9,267[29]
Club Brugge  3–0  Molde
 Report
Attendance: 11,858[30]

Club Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.

Union Saint-Gilloise  0–3  Fenerbahçe
Report
Attendance: 13,522[31]
Fenerbahçe  0–1  Union Saint-Gilloise
Report
Attendance: 35,605[32]

Fenerbahçe won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb  2–0  PAOK
 Report
Attendance: 18,562[33]
PAOK  5–1  Dinamo Zagreb
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Attendance: 19,701[34]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

PAOK won 5–3 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz  0–3  Lille
Report
Attendance: 13,825[35]
Lille  1–1  Sturm Graz
 Report
Attendance: 17,888[36]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Lille won 4–1 on aggregate.

Maccabi Haifa  3–4  Fiorentina
 Report
Attendance: 1,589[37]
Fiorentina  1–1  Maccabi Haifa
 Report
Attendance: 6,838[38]

Fiorentina won 5–4 on aggregate.

Olympiacos  1–4  Maccabi Tel Aviv
 Report
Attendance: 31,054[39]
Maccabi Tel Aviv  1–6 (a.e.t.)  Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 370[41]

Olympiacos won 7–5 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 14:00 CET.[42]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 11 April, and the second legs were played on 18 April 2024.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Club Brugge  3–0  PAOK1–02–0
Olympiacos  3–3 (3–2 p)  Fenerbahçe3–20–1 (a.e.t.)
Aston Villa  3–3 (4–3 p)  Lille2–11–2 (a.e.t.)
Viktoria Plzeň  0–2  Fiorentina0–00–2 (a.e.t.)

Matches

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Club Brugge  1–0  PAOK
 Report
Attendance: 19,917[43]
PAOK  0–2  Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 24,738[44]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Club Brugge won 3–0 on aggregate.

Olympiacos  3–2  Fenerbahçe
 Report
Attendance: 32,000[45]
Fenerbahçe  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Olympiacos
 Report
Penalties
 2–3
Attendance: 44,040[46]

3–3 on aggregate; Olympiacos won 3–2 on penalties.

Aston Villa  2–1  Lille
 Report
Attendance: 37,220[47]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Lille  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Aston Villa
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 47,093[48]

3–3 on aggregate; Aston Villa won 4–3 on penalties.

Viktoria Plzeň  0–0  Fiorentina
Report
Attendance: 11,470[49]
Fiorentina  2–0 (a.e.t.)  Viktoria Plzeň
 Report
Attendance: 19,418[50]

Fiorentina won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 14:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.[42]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 2 May, and the second legs were played on 8 and 9 May 2024.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Aston Villa  2–6  Olympiacos2–40–2
Fiorentina  4–3  Club Brugge3–21–1

Matches

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Aston Villa  2–4  Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 41,220[51]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Olympiacos  2–0  Aston Villa
 Report
Attendance: 33,000[52]

Olympiacos won 6–2 on aggregate.

Fiorentina  3–2  Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 27,516[53]
Club Brugge  1–1  Fiorentina
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Attendance: 26,936[55]

Fiorentina won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

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Main article: 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final

The final was played on 29 May 2024 at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, Greece. A draw was held on 15 March 2024, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[42]

Olympiacos  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Fiorentina
 Report
Attendance: 26,842[56]

Notes

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  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 25 March 2023 (round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
  2. ^ a b Union Saint-Gilloise played their home matches at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, in Brussels, instead of their regular stadium, Joseph Marien Stadium, in Brussels, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  3. ^ a b Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Maccabi Haifa played their home matches at a neutral venue.[18][19]
  4. ^ Due to anticipated crowd trouble in protest against the Israel–Hamas war, no spectators were allowed to the Gent v Maccabi Haifa match.[22][23]
  5. ^ Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Maccabi Tel Aviv played their home match at a neutral venue.[18][40]
  6. ^ The Club Brugge v Fiorentina match was rescheduled due to the Holy Blood Procession on 9 May 2024.[54]

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